This paper analyzes the interactions between vertical integration and (wholesale) spot, forward and retail markets in risk management. We develop an equilibrium model that fits electricity markets well. We point out that vertical integration and forward hedging are two separate levers for demand...

The EU ETS has been criticised for threatening the competitiveness of European industry and generating carbon leakage, i.e., increasing foreign greenhouse gas emissions. Two main options have been put forward to tackle these concerns : border adjustments and output-based allocation, i.e.,...

The debate over a common European energy policy, its necessity and its establishment has been going on for a number of decades. The discussions have been recently brought back into the spotlight by the evolution of energy market fundamentals and the taking into account of environmental...

This paper presents an approach integrating data quality into the business intelligence chain in the context of customer-relationship management (CRM) applications at EDF (Electricité de France), the major electricity company in France. The main contribution of this paper is the definition and...

This paper aims to compare how two countries are facing the challenges of energy security of supply. Mexico, a member of NAFTA and a neighbour of the United States, has oil resources and is thinking how to answer to the increasing energy demand. France, one of the 27 member states of the...

Une problématique qui se pose dès lors que certaines activités électriques sont ouvertes à la concurrence est le pouvoir de marché. Le passage des prix régulés à des prix concurrentiels accroît les possibilités de manipulation des prix par les entreprises. Cet article est centré sur...

Le gouvernement Lula a annoncé un nouveau projet de réformes de l'industrie électrique fin 2003 bien que celles engagées par le précédent gouvernement ne soient pas achevées. Ce nouveau modèle repose sur une intervention très forte des autorités notamment en matière d'investissement...